Technical Specification

Released by United Artists Pictures

Comments

From Rod Bennett : One might guess that Walt had a contract to deliver
seven Silly Symphonies this year and only came up with six. Otherwise, how
did this pleasant but unremarkable little Pluto short get the prestigious
"Symphony" title attached to it?

From Jerry Edwards : Although there is no way it should be called a Silly
Symphony, I find this an enjoyable short. But I do find it rather
unsatisfying
because of the unresolved ending. The supposedly happy ending has the chicks
appearing from under the straw in Pluto's dog house, but you know the hen
and rooster are going to arrive soon to continue the fight. This short sticks
in my memory for an entirely different reason. The Mickey Mouse Club showed
a short titled Pluto and the Baby, which wasn't listed anywhere as a short.
I wrote Disney about this and their "official" information was that it was
a shortened version of Mother Pluto. But, of course, it wasn't. Later
I found the original short - the 1934
Mickey Plays Papa. All scenes of Mickey
were cut so that only scenes of Pluto and the baby were kept. Many scenes
of the baby reacting to Pluto were originally the baby reacting to Mickey.

From Baruch Weiss : I don't know why this cartoon is a Silly Symphony
cartoon rather then a Pluto cartoon, but that's what it appears to be. Anyway
this was such a great cartoon, I'll bet it was funny to see Pluto
being a "Mother" to a bunch of cute little chicks.

From Matthew Cooper : I never thought there would be a Disney short I
hated until I saw this one! The reason I hate it is obvious (isn't it?)
The ending was so unresolved! The mother hen never got her chicks back,
and don't you think she was the only bad-guy here (she was partly one though
for trying to solve the problem with violence,) but it was also Pluto! He
would not give them back to her! Anyway, the reason I hate this short so
much is not only because the ending was unresolved but because while I was
watching it for the first time, I kept hoping it would end the way I've
written below, so when it didn't, I was really shocked

1. The mother hen would start to see that Pluto was protecting her chicks
in her absence and break up the fight between him and the rooster.

2. The camera would cut to a scene in Pluto's doghouse where the chicks
are playing in Pluto's paws and he and the mother hen are smiling.

Boo on Disney for making such an unresolved cartoon! I didn't think they
had it in them!